Monday, March 31, 2008

100 Things I Want to Do: Nos. 51-100

Well, NaBloPoMo's March Madness - aka, List-making - got away from me. So today, on the last day of March, I am finishing the last half of my 100 Things I Want to Do list.

Here goes:

51. Pay homage to a style icon.52. Drink a martini.53. Ride a camel (my grandmother beat me to this one).54. Fly over a volcano in a helicopter.55. Sip a margarita at sunset.56. Build a custom jewelry box.57. Give in to creative urges.58. Stand on that bridge at Giverny.59. Ride in a Checker cab.60. Drive a Corvette.61. Oh, and learn to drive stick.62. Win a Monopoly game.63. Memorize the Q-without-U words for Scrabble.64. Play a scale on a Steinway.65. Send a cartoon to the New Yorker.66. Take photobooth pictures on every vacation.67. Visit Morris Aboretum at least once each season.68. Rent a beach house with people I like.69. Ride a boat down the Seine.70. Take a cooking class in Tuscany.71. Follow an olive from harvest to first-press oil.72. Take a suggestion from Clothilde for dinner.73. Plant a new dogwood.74. Make a fancy bow on the next gift I wrap.75. Tour an artisanal chocolate studio.76. Give everything my all.77. Watch for the perfect moments that occur every day.78. Get over my fear of fire enough to take a glass-blowing class.79. Keep track of my goals all year long.80. Worry less about what others think.81. Use up my favorite beading supplies.82. Eat a perfect mango.83. Ride a bike every summer.84. Open a stationery store.85. Make more gifts.86. Give things away.87. Embrace fully the joy of celebrating another's happiness.88. Get to the point faster.89. Make mozzarella from scratch.90. Buy flowers for no reason whatsoever.91. Don't put off til tomorrow what can be done today.92. Join in the chorus.93. Ride the train into the city to save gas and savor the view.94. Pitch every story idea and aim high.95. Ask my nephew to coach me on throwing the perfect spiral.96. Take out my frustrations at the driving range.97. Eliminate 95% of the paper on my desk.98. Color with markers for inspiration.99. Write more love notes.100. Let bygones be bygones.